Rogue was concerned. Her stepbrother of sorts was back at the mansion and in the ICU unit of the medlab. No one, including the Professor or Dr. McCoy, truly understood Kurt's condition to the point of being able to give a definitive answer as to why he collapsed on his bedroom floor. The only thing anyone could guess is that he teleported way too far without keeping up his caloric intake. It was common knowledge that Kurt's teleportation was in direct conjunction with his metabolism and in order for him to perform multiple bursts, or teleporting very far away in one attempt, he needed high calorie foods to keep him conscious so that he didn't pass out once he came out of the parallel dimension he crosses while teleporting. But if it was a simple case of too much teleportation, then why would he still be at the mansion today when all he needed would be to gorge himself with what's in the fridge before leaving for school? If that really was the case, of course. And Kitty even got out of school today because she was so distraught. The resident Bayville goth thought hard about that one. Kitty seemed really shaken about the whole thing. She had talked to Beast about Kurt's condition and realized just how shaken Kitty was by how she found Kurt. She guessed she would probably be the same way if she had found her stepbrother in such a state.

As she continued onto her next class, she accidentally clipped a student in the shoulder as she made her way down the crowded hall. Rogue turned to face the student and apologize, but no sooner had the words begun to leave her mouth when she realized who she'd clipped: Amanda Sefton. Rogue's eyes instantly went wide and she quickly grabbed Amanda's left arm with her right hand and gently began leading her towards a nearby classroom. Not heeding the girl's questions as to why she was being dragged away from her next class, Rogue's only thought right then was that if Amanda knew about Kurt's condition, she might be able to snap him out of whatever funk he was in right now. Once Rogue found an abandoned classroom, she shut the door behind them and released Amanda from her grasp.

It was shortly after Rogue released her that Amanda's brain caught up to the situation. She knew from Kurt that Rogue was technically a sister of sorts to Kurt and so this entire episode might have something to do with her need for space from her fuzzy boyfriend. This worried her greatly. It was hard enough for her not to go to the X-mansion and beat the door down to apologize to Kurt for what was said yesterday, but she still wasn't entirely comfortable with the situation between them to see Kurt just yet. She was surprised, however, that she hadn't seen him all day. Despite not having any classes together, she could usually find him at least once during the day if she wanted to, and sometimes even if she didn't. It was these two thoughts that fed the anxiety growing within her. It affected her to the point where she hadn't heard what Rogue had just said to her. "I..I'm sorry, what was that Rogue?"

Exasperated, the young goth repeated herself. "Ah asked if ya knew that Blue Boy wasn't at school today" she stated in her customary southern drawl.

Amanda could only blink at that statement. Kurt, not at school? Why not? There's no real reason why he should be absent today. It was then her fears about her talk with Kurt reasserted themselves. "N-no. No I didn't. Is everything alright?"

Rogue sighed at Amanda's response. "Unfortunately, no. Kurt...he almos' died yestaday. We're not entirely sure why, but he was barely breathin' when Kitty found 'im. He's at the mansion and unda surveilance fer now. But whatever it was, he's ok fer now."

To say Amanda was shocked would've been the understatement of the decade. Kurt almost died? He was barely breathing when they found him? No, it couldn't be. It couldn't be because of their talk. Sure, he was sad when they parted ways, but not that bad. Right? RIGHT? She couldn't hold back the torrent of emotion anymore and began to sob where she stood as she knew in her heart that rejecting him like she had had pushed Kurt into this somehow.

Rogue was certainly surprised by her companion's reaction. She was sure that Amanda would be upset at hearing about Kurt's condition, but not to this extent. "Ah-Ah'm sorry, 'manda. If Ah'd known you'd cry 'bout it, Ah wouldn't've told ya. But it'll be alrahght. Kurt's ok now." She reached out to put her gloved hand on Amanda's shoulder to comfort the distraught girl.

Before Rogue's hand could reach her, Amanda shrank away from the attempted contact. She then quickly moved past the goth and bolted out the door, leaving a thoroughly stunned Rogue in her wake to ponder why she had reacted so strangely.

By the time school ended Rogue still had no idea why Amanda reacted the way she did to the news about Kurt. It was almost as if she thought it had been her fault or something. But that was ludicrous; wasn't it? After all, she and Kurt were more in love than the X-mansion's resident clueless couple, Scott Summers and Jean Grey. Everyone at the mansion knew that those two were deeply in love with one another even if they couldn't admit it to one another. But Amanda and Kurt seemed to have a bond that even dwarfed this set of soulmates. With that being the case, then how could Amanda think she had anything to do with Kurt's predicament? It just simply did not add up and left the goth wondering. As she reached Scott's car for the drive home, she noticed Amanda looking almost longingly at her as the rest of the X-men began piling in the car for the trek home. It was strange at best and had the effect of unnerving the young girl. She sighed deeply and mentally shelved everything regarding Amanda until she would be able to talk to the Professor, or Kurt for that matter, about why Amanda might be behaving so strangely.

When the group finally arrived home, Rogue went to the infirmary to check on Kurt's condition. There she saw Kitty, looming over Kurt's still form as he slept, the equipment attached to him giving off beeps at regular intervals to signify his continued bodily functions. "Is he any better," croaked out the young goth to her roommate.

Kitty couldn't even respond, she almost imperceptibly nodded her head in response, but Rogue was able to see the small movement for what it was worth. "No, he's not. I-in fact, I think this entire scenario is worse than everyone originally thought."

At this statement, Rogue started to get a little worried. What could be worse than finding Kurt basically dead on his bedroom floor? It just didn't seem plausible. But Amanda's strange behavior began to reassert itself in her mind the more she thought about it. She motioned for Kitty to follow her out of Kurt's room and into the adjoining one where the Professor had told Kitty the real reason for Kurt's condition. "Before ya say anathin', Ah need ta tell ya somethin. Ah talked to 'manda today at school and she was actin really weird. She was spacin out and when Ah told her 'bout Kurt, she literally flipped out cryin'. Ah knew she'd be upset, but it was like she was 'xpectin it or somethin. Like she caused it."

Following Rogue's statement, Kitty's face ran a quick gamut of emotions: thoughtfulness, perplexion, disblief and absolute rage. With a guttural scream, the normally quite and at times enigmatic Kitty Pryde exclaimed, "THAT BITCH! I'LL KILL HER!" Without another thought, Kitty jumped into the wall and used it to phase up to ground level, then into the garage where she 'borrowed' one of Logan's motorcycles and, just like she had done once before, phased through every obstacle between her and her freedom from the Institute. In her wake, she left one exceedingly confused goth who wondered out loud, "What did Ah say?"